RushRevisited

QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Nov 7 2004, 06:34 AM) QUOTE (Rolinda Bonz @ Nov 7 2004, 12:35 AM) Its Warpaint!!! wounded pride, distorted eyes paint the night with battlecries Want another hint?

QUOTE (Slaine mac Roth @ Nov 7 2004, 06:51 AM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 7 2004, 02:07 AM) QUOTE (rushaddict05 @ Nov 6 2004, 08:49 PM) Is Rush still touring? If so, when are they going to Texas. Welcome to the baord! You just missed the 30th anniversary tour! They are cutting a new album starting in January (at least taht is the word) and I am sure will tour again! Stick around and wait with us Bet they won't play the UK and Europe again You'll have to come here and meet us all!

QUOTE (rushaddict05 @ Nov 6 2004, 08:49 PM) Is Rush still touring? If so, when are they going to Texas. Welcome to the baord! You just missed the 30th anniversary tour! They are cutting a new album starting in January (at least taht is the word) and I am sure will tour again! Stick around and wait with us

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QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Nov 5 2004, 11:58 PM) Enjoying a Guinness right now. Can with widget.

QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 01:20 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 5 2004, 01:13 PM) QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 12:58 PM) No, the 2" aren't cheap at all. The one in the pic is a TeleVue Nagler 9mm, about $300 on sale. It's called Schmidt-Cassegrain. This scope is still looked upon as one of the best astrophotography scopes on the market. With the 'Faststar' system you can attach a digital camera right to the front of the scope (on the front mirror). It's a revolutionary system. And the electronics and optics are world class. I love it! Excellent (Yes, I knew schmidt, not smith, typed without thinking hahah) - That is probably what I will look at for my next one.... If you don't have a 2" system on your Dobsonian, you should upgrade. It's really not that expensive and the rewards are so much worth it! The initial conversion is cheap but if you want an array of eyepieces thats where the money comes in. I only have 2-2" pieces for mine but I have 12- 1 1/4" for all my scopes. Mine came with the 2" adapter (actually it is a 1 1/4" adapter technically, where the mod takes a 1 1/4" and you pull off the mod for the 2" hole). I have only one 2" eyepiece though, I believe around 18mm

QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 12:58 PM) No, the 2" aren't cheap at all. The one in the pic is a TeleVue Nagler 9mm, about $300 on sale. It's called Schmidt-Cassegrain. This scope is still looked upon as one of the best astrophotography scopes on the market. With the 'Faststar' system you can attach a digital camera right to the front of the scope (on the front mirror). It's a revolutionary system. And the electronics and optics are world class. I love it! Excellent (Yes, I knew schmidt, not smith, typed without thinking hahah) - That is probably what I will look at for my next one....

QUOTE (King Rygar @ Nov 5 2004, 11:51 AM) I think the earliest album I have right now is 2112, which I really like so I can't really truly say I don't like ALL the old stuff. I don't own Hemisheres YET, it and Power Windows are the last of the few I don't have yet! (Go ahead, hurt me) I don't even have a record player right now, but I had to get a sealed copy of Grace Under Pressure on LP, that's how nuts I am. I like to think back to when I thought all Rush had was Tom Sawyer and that damned Trees song. Wow, what I gold mine I was missing! Nothing really touches me like Rush stuff anymore, they have spoiled me! Nice to meet all you cool folk! Now I can finally vent! you have GOT to get the first 3 albums! Visit our store here!

QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 11:50 AM) Yep, you know exactly what it takes. It's a very patient hobby, not for everyone. What's so funny about astronomy is, you invite friends over for a viewing party. You find some cool object that mabey some of them have seen or heard about before. Then you show them through the eyepiece and they always say "well that doesn't look like the pictures I've seen". Because most every picture published nowdays comes from the Hubble. Taken over the course of many hours. And of course, no telescope on earth can get photos anywhere near that quality. Plus, they're all Photoshopped to make them pretty. ie:The planet Saturn is WHITE...not all colorful like everyone thinks! Here is my Ultima 2000 8" w/2" eyepiece http://www.mikekreidel.com/Scope1.jpg http://www.mikekreidel.com/Scope2.jpg "Keep looking up"!! Those 2 " eyepieces aren't cheap are they! Is that a Smith-Cassegrain?

QUOTE (launchpad67a @ Nov 5 2004, 09:29 AM) RR, I didn't know you were into astronomy. I own a few very nice telescopes, one of which is my Celestron Ultima2000 8" computerized with all the goodies! I love it to death, just don't get to use it enough. Here is a photo of a Triple Eclipse on Jupiter, very rare indeed! http://www.mikekreidel.com/triplejupiter.jpg I am recently into it - cannot wait for the winter skies - I recently purchased an Orion Dobsonian with a 10" aperature, 1200mm focal length. The whole thing is about 100 lbs. so I recently put it on locking casters to make it easier to roll out of the garage. It also has a computer for tracking (but no drives on a Dobsonian ) that can pinpoint 14,000 objects. It is simply to align for the computer also - all you do is set it to true vertical position, hit <ENTER>, then find two stars that you know, enter those, then it knows all 14,000 celestial objects and tells you where to turn with pinpoint precision... Very cool adn I can't wait until winter... YOU live in the perfect palce for astronomy - I would LOVE to get this telescope out to Nevada desert or Arizona to view, but I would be afraid of the have it go on airplane for fear of the entire mirror system being un-aligned (if you are into these, you know how important alignment of the mirrors is and how tough it is to re-align all 3 parts to perfection).... OR even worse, the main 10" mirror breaking, which would cost a fortune to fix... I hope to upgrade again if I get intot his to a equatorial mount with drives, as taking a picture of a nebula or other deep space objects requires long exposuress, which of course due to the movement of the earth, requires drives to keep it centered and pinpointed automatically...

QUOTE (Snowdog @ Nov 5 2004, 07:46 AM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 4 2004, 11:02 AM) http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/ngc7023_misti_c1.jpg Explanation: Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully cataloged as NGC 7023, this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, the beautiful digital image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a massive, hot, young star in its formative years. Central filaments of cosmic dust glow with a reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Yet the dominant color of the nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Dark, obscuring clouds of dust and cold molecular gas are also present and can lead the eye to see other convoluted and fantastic shapes. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula may contain complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. As shown here, the Iris Nebula is about 6 light-years across. That is an awesome shot! That one is probably from the Hubble - I think most of these are... Man, I hope we don't ditch the Hubble

QUOTE (barney_rebel @ Nov 4 2004, 12:16 PM) I am soooooo gonna get you for that...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/RushRevisited/barkey-king.gif Hmm......

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0411/ngc7023_misti_c1.jpg Explanation: Like delicate cosmic petals, these clouds of interstellar dust and gas have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. Sometimes called the Iris Nebula and dutifully cataloged as NGC 7023, this is not the only nebula in the sky to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, the beautiful digital image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a massive, hot, young star in its formative years. Central filaments of cosmic dust glow with a reddish photoluminesence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Yet the dominant color of the nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Dark, obscuring clouds of dust and cold molecular gas are also present and can lead the eye to see other convoluted and fantastic shapes. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula may contain complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. As shown here, the Iris Nebula is about 6 light-years across.

QUOTE (GhostGirl @ Nov 3 2004, 10:59 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 3 2004, 07:54 PM) QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Nov 3 2004, 08:51 PM) I had a bottle of Young's Double Chocolate Stout in the fridge for the longest time, and I finally broke it open at the Halloween party last Saturday night. It was extremely yummy...rich and stout-like, with hints of cocoa and coffee. A great "sit back and enjoy" brew. Two words: A certain admin I know is working hard to build his post count...

Ok, ducking now for the bottles of Yuppie brand Stout and Lager thrown at my head....

Lite

Miller

QUOTE (1-0-0-1-0-0-1 @ Nov 3 2004, 08:51 PM) I had a bottle of Young's Double Chocolate Stout in the fridge for the longest time, and I finally broke it open at the Halloween party last Saturday night. It was extremely yummy...rich and stout-like, with hints of cocoa and coffee. A great "sit back and enjoy" brew. Two words:

QUOTE (paganoman @ Nov 3 2004, 01:02 PM) QUOTE (RushRevisited @ Nov 3 2004, 12:04 PM) Absolutely amazing... I still cannot express how happy I am they brought out Between the Wheels for this tour.... I hope Afterimage makes its way into the setlist in the future too Aw man - when those keyboards started.... I nearly jumped out of my skin. What a highlight of the R30 show. What a great song - what a great album!! Afterimage would be an awesome song to hear live. I wonder if Neil would be ok with it, though. It's amazing how a song he wrote in the early 80's would have such a connection to his personal life many years down the road. I have often wondered that about a lot of songs actually - Cold Fire being another....

QUOTE (paganoman @ Nov 3 2004, 11:56 AM) QUOTE (King Rygar @ Nov 3 2004, 11:11 AM) Sorry to break the mood, but I voted for Grace Under Pressure. There are others that I like ALMOST as much, but the first time I popped it in, it had me! Now, it and Hold Your Fire are visited much. But I can't listen to much of the really older stuff anymore, don't know why! Just keep at it. Does not matter which album you're not into... little by little it all comes together and you somehow hear or feel something you NEVER did the other times. I've had albums that instantly exploded to me, and others that took a very long time for me to accept. COS is the biggest on the of list of ones I resisted. Even GUP took a while for me. I never heard GUP until the early 90's when the 80's sound was OUT. It was hard for me to take GUP seriously. Now it's one of my favorites. You should be proud of your vote for GUP. It is an AMAZING album. Absolutely amazing... I still cannot express how happy I am they brought out Between the Wheels for this tour.... I hope Afterimage makes its way into the setlist in the future too

QUOTE (King Rygar @ Nov 3 2004, 11:11 AM) Sorry to break the mood, but I voted for Grace Under Pressure. There are others that I like ALMOST as much, but the first time I popped it in, it had me! Now, it and Hold Your Fire are visited much. But I can't listen to much of the really older stuff anymore, don't know why! Welcome to the board! Have you ever tried to give Hemispheres an honest listen a few times through? That album is addictive!